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Memorable Manitobans: Dorothy Harriet Mabel East (1914-1984)
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Dorothy Harriet Mabel East
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Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 27 May 1914, one of three children and the only daughter of Robert James East (1876-1967) and Beatrice Mabel Wilkinson (1886-1977), she attained BA (1936, Honours), BEd (1956), and MEd (1959) degrees from the University of Manitoba. She taught at Balmoral School (1937-1938). Her teaching career included more than three decades with the Winnipeg School Division, at Grosvenor School (1941-1943), Luxton School (1943-1944), Lord Roberts School (1944-1955), Churchill High School (1955-1956), after which she was the Vice-Principal at Greenway School (1956-1959) and Principal of Sir William Osler School (1959-1974). She retired in June 1974 and died at Winnipeg on 13 July 1984.
Sources:
Birth and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1916 & 1921 Canada censes, Ancestry.
“Medal winners [Isbister Scholarships - Arts and Science],” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 May 1935, page 4.
“Miss Dorothy Mabel East,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1935, page 5.
“Degrees to be conferred on 450 university graduates [Bachelor of Arts, Honors],” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 May 1936, page 11.
“7 feared dead in swamp crash,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 July 1952, page 1.
Death notice [Francis William "Frank" East], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 July 1952, page 25.
“Plane crash accident, inquest rules,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 1952, page 1.
Winnipeg estate file #45708, Francis William East, Archives of Manitoba.
“Here are the graduates [Bachelor of Education],” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1957, page 16.
“Wednesday's the big day for these U of M grads [Master of Education],” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 May 1959, page 54.
Obituary [Robert J. East], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 May 1967, page 38.
Winnipeg estate file #1216/67, Robert J. East, Archives of Manitoba.
“Reception Tuesday for Dorothy East,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 1974, page 66.
Winnipeg estate file 1647/77, Mabel East, Archives of Manitoba.
Winnipeg estate file PR84-01-00965, Dorothy Mabel East, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 October 2022
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